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Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Collins Reach.

The work on the reclaimed property
at Collins Beach is still going on and
will occupy the summer to do it as the
company desires. The front embank-
ment stopping the infowing tide was
completed last fall the work of the
dredging machine now is to cut ditch
or channel up to the head of the mead
ow land thirty feet wide. This is for
the purpose of better drainage. Dur
ing the time it was subject to the over
flows of tide water a deposit of from
eighteen inches to two feet was made
on the submerged land, elevating it to
that extent, and adding greatly to its
fertility. The higher parts of the re-
claimed land has been sowed in timo-
thy seed and is showing a luxuriant
growth. The deep wash where the
break occurred has already filed in
eighteen feet, or only two feet below
the water at low tide. 1t is calculated
by the end of summer teams can drive
over it. Mr.. Collins does not intend
opening the house for a watering place
this summer.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Business Locals.

For 80 days only, photographs at
$1.00 per dozen. will make instlnta-
neous satin finished Photographs for
$1.00 per dozen, album size, for 80 days
only. Having bought lot o. photo
graphing material at sacrifice it en-
ables me for a short time to make work
at these prices while the material lasts.
After it is consumed | will be COM
PEELED to go back to my regular prices;
so make use of the advantage while it
lasts, Photographs made rain or shine
by the new Instantaneous process.
John NJ. South, Photographer, Smyrna,
Del.
MOore's Windsor Hotel, l223-25-27
Filbert Street, Philadelphia, is very
popular house for comfortable accom-
modations and moderate charges.
J. II. Primrose & Co., Real Estate
Brokers, have few Sewing Machines
left which they offer at less than half
price. We can save you 500 on the
purchase of one machine. A good ma
chine for $40.
There can be no better Shirt than
the Que" sold by J. B. Cooper only.
Stoves-the best and cheapest-at
VIM. FAIRIES, Commerce street.
Spears Fireplace Heaters, at VIM.
FAIRIES, Commerce Street.
STEVENSON 4 PEREGOY, successors
to w. II. Carr, will receive and ill all
orders for ice cream at the shortest
notice
Just received new lot of Bronze
Hall and Ceiling Paper Will be sold
cheaper than ever was known in Smyrna
before at Wilkinson's.
Granite and Porcelain Tea and
Chamber Sets, plain and decorated, at
]. B. COOper's.
VIM. p. Smithers has now to loan on
FIRST Mortgages on Real Estate, 81 900
$1,000, $4,000 and $1,000
Dcvoc Brilliant OlI, the best and saf
est oil made, at J. b. Cooper's.
Pulpit and Family Bibles, at J. B
Cooper's.
Asbestos Stove Innings, at VIM
FAIRIES, Commerce Street.
Ladies', Gents and Children's Gossa
meres, at ]. B. Cooper's.
Window Shades and Spring Fixtures
at J. B. CoOper's. Loops and Fringes
Constantly on hand large lot q
Picture Frames. Frames made t
order at Wilkinson's.
Blank Books, all Styles, Sizes an
t Qualities, at J. b. COOper's.
Table and Pocket Cutlery at J. /
CoOper's.
. Order any Book you want, at J.
: CoOper's.
e Cucumber Wood Pumps for sale b
= VIM FAIRIES, Commerce street.
e THE Perkins & House Non-Explo
i've Lamp is the only Lamp fit to /
e used among children. 1t cannot e,
D, plode or break. Sold only by J. ]
y Cooper
q Window Shades made and hung
u order. Artists Materials and Han
3 Painted Pictures at Wilkinson's.
Tinware, Woodenware, Lamps an
-. Oil Cloths, at Wm. FAIRIES
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
LOCAL COMMITTFF.
The Baptist Association Meeting

The Annual Association of the Old
School Baptist church, sometimes called
to designate them from the other or
CARNATIONS of the great Baptist family,
The Hard Shell, +" which meets once
in five years at Brynzion church near
Kenton, was an occasion last week, as
it always is, of great pleasure to the
participants. The meeting comprised
three days, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, but Thursday was the "big
day." the attendants numbering sever
al hundred, the teams lining the en-
closure of the beautiful cemetery on
both sides, which with the three long
tables on which the bountiful dinner
was served at the noon inter
mission looked like q cross between n
picnic and a camp meeting.
There are seven churches in this
particular Association, four in Della
ware and three in Pennsylvania. With
five of these the annual sessions are
held in regular notation. The next is
appointed at Welsh Tract near New
ark. Elders, -. Rittenhouse, VIM.
Grafton and JOS. l.. StaytOn are con-
nected with these churches as pastors.
Correspondence is kept up with some
fourteen differen: associations in other
states ministers were in attendance
last week from several of them, viz
Elder VIM. L. Beebe, Barton Jenkins
(editors Of the Signs Of the Tines and
Marvin Vail, from New York Elder
Wilson Howsell, from New Jersey,
VIM. Grafton, from Maryland, VIM.
Campbell, from Pennsylvania and f.
w. Keene, a licentiate, from Canada,
each preaching at some one of the SER
vices.
The grand design Of the Session is
brotherly correspondence, and calling
together Of variety Of the hest gifts
for preaching the word. The aim is to
give as many of the strangers an oppor-
tunity to preach as they conveniently
can, and allow nothing else to super
sede orinterfere with the proclamation
Of the good word of the Kingdom" To
/ thus give the visiting brethren an op-
portunity to improve the timen us
desired, the hour Of service commenced
at 81 o'clock, with two sermons each
! over an hour in length at the same sit
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

600, but less than 100000, the licence
are 5000 and $50 respectively. In cities
with more than 10000, but less than
100000, the licenses are 800 and S25.
In cities and villages with less than 20,
600, but more than 5O0Opeople, licenses
are fixed at $50 and SIS, and in all other
places $50 and SO are the limits. The
whole of the tax thus collected is to 90
into the state treasury, and is to be
used to maintain the prisons, reforma-
tories, penitentiaries and lunatic
asylums and for the general expenses of
the State Government. The sum which
this tax will bring into the treasury is
estimated at between $3,O0O,OOO and
$4,000,000, and will enable the state
taxes to be reduced one third. But
Gov. Hill, yesterday vetoed the bill.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

DECORATION DAY is getting to be
more and more a day of national i'm
port. 1t was celebrated on Monday
with more than the usual enthusiasm
throughout the country. The lapse of
twenty-five years is visible in its effects
on those who came out of the inter
necine strife alive; the men are old
and graying who laid flowers on their
comrades graves Monday-the young
est is now in middle life-but as their
numbers thin, the interest of the public
increases, and when the war is hut dim
history the men who died under it will
st.l share the honor of this beautiful
commemoratiOn, the like of which no
land knows because in none has the
army come so close to popular love.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

The musical entertainment and
strawberry festival, will be repeated
again tonight.
FROM to day until Monday children
for beginning class will be received in
the primary departments of the public
school.
JOSEPH HAMMELL, who has been
superintendent of the Peninsular Bone
Fertilizer COmpany's works at Roth
wells Landing for several years and
who severved his connection with it in
the early Spring to take a partnership
interest with his sOn-in-law, Mr.. Ruth,
in Wilmington, moved his family to
that city on Monday. While regret
ting to lose Mr.. Hammell and his fam
lily from our community, he carries
with him the best wishes for success in
his new business.
CHARLES FRAZIER, successor to JOS
E. Williams, has commenced with a
purpose to bring his shambles up to the
front rank. In addition to the paper
ing and painting he has put in a cOun-
ter; marble slab, &C., and has employed
an experienced meat cutter, John
Flynn, oil Wilmington, who is acquain-
ted with the best way to cut beef to
suit the individual household. In ad-
dition he runs a wagon to meet the
wants of those who have not the con-
venience of the shambles.
ALL manner of insects are at work
against the farmers this spring. The
potato bug is unusually festive and but
for the salutary effect of paris green
| hardly tuber would be left to mature
A black flea has appeared in some cab
bage patches, and one man reports his
whole crop destroyed, and now the
rOsebug chimes in "me too" in the
general work of destruction. 1t is 8
queer thing for an insect that has Sc
refined a taste as to love to feed or
roses take to anything else, but farm
er tells us that the TOsebugs are pegginl
away at both his strawberries and grape
blossoms.
AN Indiana farmer, who told Iii
boys to burn every humble bees nes
they found on the farm, and who wa
complaining at the failure of his Glove
seed crop, was surprised when Mauric
Thompson, the naturalist said: "Tha
is why your clover seed failed you
Bumble bees make your clover seed.
1t is a fact that a strong nest of bumbl
bees in a big clover field is worth 500 t
the owner: for these insects are tn
chief agents in fertilizing the blossom!
thereby insuring a heavy crop of seeC
In Australia there are no humble bee
of our kind, and they could not rails
, clover seed there until they importe
: some.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

ting, and in the afternoon commencing
II o'clock a sermon of an hour and
quarter followed Immediately by the
singing of a single verse between, an
other sermon of one hour and ten
minutes, After one sermon on Friday
morning there were short discOurses
from ministers and others who had an
expression of admOnitiOn, exhOrtatiOn
or spiritual comfort and fellowship on
separating for their respective homes,
all breathing mutual confidence, chris
tian fellowship and sincere interest in
the cause of truth as they believe and
teach it..
This people cling to the primitive
habits and thoughts of the g fathers !"
with wonderful tenacity. They have
persistently fought the cOnventiOnali-
ties that have swept both the
church and society away from the
mOorings of the past, and turned dur
ing the past fifty years the minds and
hearts of the people aside from the
good old ways. The remnant left still
hold to the extreme tenets of Calvin as
believed and taught in "ye olden tines
ELECTION and reprObatiOn, and
though but little reference was made
to doctrine, the impression was dis
tinctly stated that salvation was only
for those who were chosen, and that a
salaried ministry, Sunday schools, mis-
siOnary societies, &c, were wrong
While the spirit of the discOurses was
like that pervading the writings of the
the prOphets-as if there were more OI
shadows than sunshine, more of briers
and thOrns than of cultivated field:
and bright Aowers-the preachers held
up Christ and the duty of following
him in good living as their great duty
leaving the inscrutable where it be
longed. Sincerity and earnestnes
marks all their efforts, and the bond o
brotherhood is perhaps so strOngl!
manifested in no other denomination
In fact this good quality is striking
characteristic of the general member
ship and makes their social intercourse
one of their chiefpleasures.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

of papers published in this
State, that questions affecting the inter
ests Of any or all the papers may be
fully discussed. and mutual aid and
protection guaranteed. Sach an or
ganization would also hold the interests
of the State in the palm of its hand,
and no power of the demagOgue could
overcome it. In matters pertaining to
the interests of the State we would be
the first that would be willing to set
the question of politics aside. We
would rather be honest and support
honest men and honest principles than
be either n Democrat or Republican.
Let MS meet together, then for mutual
protection, and bury forever the dema-
gogue, the scrambler aud schemer for
office, and elevate the men most worthy
the men who have to be sought to
serve the peOple.-NeW Castle Star.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

THE New York EDening Post sug-
gests that the anti-pOverty society
established by George and McGiynn,
instead Of attempting to spread itself
over too much territory, try to abolish
poverty in the State of New York first.
To this end it proposes the adoption
by the present and next legislature of
q constitutional amendment in the fol.
lowing form:
Article AZ. Neither poverty nor in
voluntary shOrtness of money, except
as a punishment for crime, whereof,
the party shall have been duly convic-
ted, shall exist within the State OF
New York after the first day of Janu-
airy, 1890.
IfpOverty could be abolished by leg
islative enactment or popular vote
there would be no waiting for New
York to take the initiative.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

SEVERAL of our cOtemporaries in the
State have quoted the TIMES as mildly
endorsing the charges Of bad spelling
&C., against the new superintendents,
the inference bearing against that of
New Castle county. The TIMES is not
Of those who have brought trailing
accusations" /" for it had no knowledge
in its possession to justify such course.
It simply as newspaper giving the
current topics before the people, pub
Iished paragraph from co.emporary
that there was such a charge, and
copied from a published communica-
ton Of Mr.. Handy in rebuttal. It was
to this that Mr.. Bessey referred in his
letter in the TIMES last week, and II
should. have been apparent to him
appearing in this way, that the TIMEs
was simply giving news without affirm
ing or denying.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and wife
and his private secretary and wife are
in the Adirondack Mountains, N. Y,
where the president will enjoy a two
weeks fishing trip. After the labor
ious toll of the winter and spring Mr..
Cleveland needs relaxation and a ces-
sation from work. He is considered
the hardest working man in Washing
ton, and if any man is justified in
running away from his Office and work,
that man is Mr.. Cleveland. He con-
siders it his duty to attend in person
to a large share of the work which
many executives left to clerks and sec
retaries. and is engaged early and late
with official business.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
The Peach Cron Outlook.

In Delaware, New Castle county
comes up so slim that there can't be a
quarter of a crop. The same is reported
of Cecil county, Md. Kent county,
Md, is very short, and complains ofthe
probability of almost total failure.
Kent county, Delaware, has the best
showing around Smyrna and along the
railroad towards Dover. Queen Anne's
county, Md, has good prospects. Car
oline and Talbot counties, Md, poor,
and Sussex county, Del, not quarter
Of a crop.
The above seems to be about the
condition of the peach crop of the Pen
insula, if the reports from the several
localities can be depended upon. The
unprecedented sting of the curculiO
added to the unexplained rot that has
prevailed the last ten days has un-
dOubtedly lessened the prospective
crop one-half from what was expected
at blOssOming time.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

THE Philadelphia Press says two cent
a-mile-railroad-fares are being agitated
in the West on the strength of the gen
eral demand for cheaper rates, now that
the railroads are making more money
than ever under the Interstate Com
merce act. One branch of the Michigan
Legislature has passed a bill requiring
twO-cent fares, but it is not likely to pass
the upper chamber At the same time
it can not be long before passenger rates
in this country fall, as freight rates have
in the last ten years, and Legislatures
will take hold of the matter if the rail
roads do not.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

THE Smyrna Record and the Della
qVarea1s seem to be on the road to peace.
The latter referred to the former week
before lastin the belitting language that
only the DelaUarean can use, and the
Record replied last week in softened
tones, so soft that it spoke Of its Dover
adversary as cher" Between two
warning editors, that sounds very much
like the sucking dove of peace"
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Press Opinions.
THE RETURN BASKET MAN PER SEE.


The Cumminsville Record, which is,
we believe, the only newspaper of the
State that does not recognize the inev-
liable, that peach baskets will be sold
with the fruit, says
1.-THE determined effort being made
by the New York men to find and
force on the growers a gift package for
peaches seems a menace to the basket
industry of the Peninsula. Our home
manufacturers have driven out the
New England berry crate by making a
better and a cheaper one. They have
held the basket trade so far for the
same reason"
The CumminsVille editor in his sec
Ond sentence cOntradicts the statement
of his first. The fact that our home
manufacturers in fair competition sue
cessfully competed with other manu-
tacturers is a pretty good argu-
ment to the effect that they will con-
tinue to hold their ascendancy. The
paper basket is not a success and can
not be made so except at a cost of five
cents each, or more PeninsuLar Neles.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
GRAIN.
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
Philadelphia ! Smyrna Transportation Company
June 1st, 1887.
NEW WHEAT.
DEATHS.

GUESSs'ORD.-Near Downs Chapel May sOtb
OF dlphtheria Ella J. GuesSfOrd, aged years
months and D days.
HALL.-In this town, May SOth. Edwin Revnolds
Hail. aged y years, 10 months and % days
HlICHENS.-At Fleming'S Landing. June 1st Dr
I. ;. Kitchens, aged 6S years.
Inc lrendS ana relatives are invited To attend
the funeral ceremonies at his late residence
Flemlugs Landing, on Friday. June Srd nj /
O'Clock p. NJ, TO proceed TO the odd Fellows Gem
etery, smyrna.
kICliAkDS.-ln tins town, May 2Sth, Samuel T.
Richards aged 81 years, 7 months and ID dSvs
SCOUT-At smyrna Landing. Nav 9th af,ar
lingering illness, Temperance A., wife Of Cant
a. scout IN the 59th year of her age
WALLACE.-Near Smyrna Nav 9th Ella N
NMaiace daughter Of Benjamin and Patieuce E.
Wallace, aged year s months and II iSvS -
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Death of E. R. Hall.

The raven wings of the angel death
have been lowering over our town the
past three months claiming victims
with marked Tapidity, and while its
visits always bring sorrow, none has
brought that universal sadness as in
the occasion of the last victim-Edwin
Reynolds Hall, who died on Monday
afternoon in the 23rd year of his age.
We often feel and speak of death as
untimely, but this was so in a marked
degree. He had not passed two years
beyond his majority, had butjust enter
ed upon the duties, pleasures and respOn-
sibilities of young manhood, was the
picture of health and strength with
start that put him above the average
of most young men of his age, to others
for him and perhaps to his vision
was farther removed than from any
other adult in town. He was taken
about a week before his death with
muscular rheumatism which did not
yield to treatment but rather grew
worse developing into typhoid on Sun
day, and from which he died on Mon
day. Up till Sunday no serious appre-
tensions were felt by his friends and
Monday afternoon it produced q shock
throughout the community. All
thoughts instinctiVely turned to his
young but now widowed wife, who,
as Miss Laura Hazel he led to the mar
riage altar but five short months ago.
In the early Spring they set up house
keeping and were as blithe and happy
in adding comforts and attractions to
their new home as two young hearts
with health and the prospect of a long
life could be. To have him thus snatched
away from her could not otherwise
than leave an inconsolaOle sorrow, in
which she has as far as that will assuage,
the sympathies of the entire communi-
ty
The deceased was a young man OF
most excellent qualities, the only son
of Geo. A. Hall and grandson Of the
late Samuel Reynolds whom he sue
ceeded in business after his death a
year ago last Autumn. The business,
coal, lime, &C., had grown under his
management, and as before said, but
few young men so young in life are so
well situated as was apparently his
case. The funeral will take place to.
morrow afternoon, the place Of inter-
ment the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND says cleo
ton frauds are the worst kind Of
frauds and he is right, though the
remark will not strengthen him
with some party associates who have
found fault with his actions and Opin-
ions from the time he took the chair of
nAntn
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

MUCH ofthe space ofthe daily papers
the past two weeks has been given to
the Irish troubles, especially the riots
in Canada. When Organeman and Rib
bonmen come together somebody gener-
ally gets hurt, and O'Brien's trouble in
Canada is only another exemplifica-
ton of what has been taking place for
centuries. 1t is difficult problem to
solve when these hot-headed factions
of the same race will sit together in
harmony. When they do the millen-
ium will be nearer than tits at present
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

THE TIMES" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor, at Smyrna, Del.
Ms-SUBsCRIPTION-On yearS2OO IN advance
or $3.50 if not paid till the end of the year. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of Seven Cents line for the first insertion; sub
seouent insertions Three-and-a-haf cents
liberal discount made to quarterly, ,semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Gents
Der line.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
STATUE TO JOHN NJ, CLAYTON.

1t has been suggested that the recent
Grafton on John NJ. Clayton by Chief
Justice Comegys be published in book
form and that the proceeds, after ex-
penses had been betrayed, be applied
as a nucleus for the purpose of erecting
a statue in some suitable place of the
great deceased Delawarean.
No doubt the idea will be warmly
received and substantially endorsed bv
the citizens of this State. At present
there exists no public memorial in Del
aware to John NJ. Clayton. That
name exists in history. AMI fortu-
nately for the good name of Delaware
the knowledge, which was gradually
becoming dim as the years roll by that
Delaware has some claims ofprominent
national standing among her sister
States, has been eloquently rewritten
and impaired to our people by the
Chief Justice of this State.
The opportunity should not be let
idly 60 by.
We see all around us in the neigh
boring States and large cities, magnif-
cent monuments and statues to great
soldiers and some few to great states
men. WiimingtOniGn.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

UNDER the Interstate Commerce
law, somebody given to figures, says
that the railroads have increased their
gross earnings over sixteen per cent.
for the first month. Not such Il bad
law. after all-for the railroads.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01

Over 100 Farms for sale, together
with some desirable town property and
lots. Send for circulars. J. II. PRIM-
ROSE & CO., Real Estate Brokers.
Best place to buy Hardware in town,
cheap, is at VIM. FAIRIES.
Side Bracket and Extension Lamps,
at J. b. COOper's.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Arrival Of Fruit Trains in New
York,


The schedule time for the arrival OF
the fruit trains in New York is l O'Clock
and the high freight charges is based
on the fact of extra wear and tear to
put them through on quick time. Chas
II. Register, with NJ. F. Peck, 1O1 Park
Place, New York, has noted the arri
walls of strawberry trains ct that city
and sends us the result as follows:
Friday, May 9th, first train, % cars
$50 A. NJ; second train, II cars, $50 A
NJ. May 28th, Saturday, first train, 3;
cars, 4 o'clock second train, % cars
4,30 o'clock. May 81, Tuesday, frs
train, , O'clock second train, 4 o'clock
third train, 4.30 o'clock; fourth anC
last from Wyoming, FELTON,, Brenford
Clayton, &C., 7 o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Rukleu's Arnioa Salve

The best salye in the world for Cuts, Bruises,
Ulcers, salt Rheum Fever Sores, letter Chapped
Hands, Chilblains Co ms, and all Skin EruptiOns
and positively cures Piles, or no pay required 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or mon
ey refunded. Price p cents per box. For sale
by Jas. p. HOflecker feb 23-ly
Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
A PROPER PRESS ASSOCIATIONS.

No doubt the Peninsula Press Asso.
citation, as now organized, affords great
pleasure and necessary recreation to
It's members, but we want an Organiza.
tion composed solely Of editors and